diff --git a/admin.proto b/admin.proto
index 4493f53..172ec3a 100644
--- a/admin.proto
+++ b/admin.proto
@@ -268,5 +268,10 @@ message AdminMessage {
      * Tell the node to shutdown in this many seconds (or <0 to cancel shutdown)
      */
     int32 shutdown_seconds = 51;
+
+    /*
+     * Request the node to send device metadata (firmware, protobuf version, etc)
+     */
+    uint32 get_device_metadata_request = 52;
   }
 }
diff --git a/device_metadata.proto b/device_metadata.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ec35a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/device_metadata.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+option java_package = "com.geeksville.mesh";
+option optimize_for = LITE_RUNTIME;
+option go_package = "github.com/meshtastic/gomeshproto";
+
+option java_outer_classname = "DeviceMetadataProtos";
+
+/*
+ * Device metadata response 
+ */
+message DeviceMetadata {
+  /*
+   * Device firmware version string
+   */
+  string firmware_version = 1;
+
+  /*
+   * Device state version
+   */
+  uint32 device_state_version = 2;
+}
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